Woman escapes burning car

Published 9:41 am, Wednesday, December 5, 2012

A woman escaped from a burning car early this morning after she rear-ended an 18-wheeler on Loop 410.

Sofia Barnes, 30, was southbound near Ray Ellison Drive when she struck the big rig from behind at 3:18 a.m. and her car burst into flames, police said in an accident report.

It wasn't immediately clear how the woman got out of the burning car.

The report says emergency personnel put out the flames and took the woman to University Hospital, where she's being treated for what appeared to be a broken ankle. But a local TV station reported that police said she escaped on her own.